Posted by
flagwaver on Thursday, June 04, 2009 10:04:40 AM
Every day I hear the media talk about how the government is "investing" taxpayer monies into failing companies, such as GM, Chrysler, and various banks. And when the government eventually takes over those entities and begins micromanaging them, we get treated to government officials, neutered company officials, and the media lapdogs swearing up and down that the taxpayers are going to get "repaid." My question is, where the hell is my cut of the cash that will be "repaid" to us? I mean, I can see where the investment comes from when I see the money deducted from our paychecks on payday, but when do I get that money back that was stolen from me and handed to Chrysler? Am I getting a direct deposit, a check, or what?
Watching the speech President Obama gave at Cairo U. (what are they, the Slavedrivers, Jew Crushers, or Stoners?), I have to say it was about what I expected. He apologized to Iran for our meddling in their affairs in overthrowing the 'democratically elected' regime of Mossadegh and let them know we are perfectly okay with their having nuclear power. He also let the Muslim world know that we are not at war with Islam, which I am sure they were delighted to hear. Especially that one cat who kept shouting "We love you Obama!" like a pre-teen at a Jonas Brothers concert. But my question is, when have we ever claimed to be at war with Islam? I heard 6 years worth of George W. Bush saying the exact same thing and proclaiming Islam as the "religion of peace"...so what was Obama talking about? The problem is that while we may not be at war with Islam, Islam is surely at war with us. The quicker we recognize that, the better off we will be.
Another thing in the speech that caught my attention was a comment about how many in the West allegedly condemn women for choosing to wear the hijab and the abaya. Who condemns those Muslim women who come here and choose to respect that custom? We have no problem with that, just as we have no problem with Jews who choose to wear the yarmulke, or sikhs who wear the turban. The problem we have, and Mr. Suddenly Muslim should have as well, is that in the very countries he was trying to impress..uh, I mean reach out to...women have no choice in the matter. They either wear it or face beatings or the death penalty...so why in the world is he apologizing for the West on the matter? I guess he just can't help himself.
Finally, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh yesterday when he said that he could possibly ignore Sotomayor's racism if she was a strong pro-life judge when Andrea Mitchell and MSNBC had a "Breaking News" update about what he said! That was amazing enough in itself because the guy is a talk show host, he stressed that of course he had no power so his support was only rhetorical, and he did not back off of anything he had said previously about Sotomayor. Yet there was a major "news" organization covering his comments (and distorting them) like he was a world leader. My question is why don't more Republican "leaders" take a page from Limbaugh and company, articulate and advance the conservative message, and get this type of coverage for themselves? The problem we have in the conservative movement (and the GOP) is that people get too caught up in being nice and worrying about how they are perceived by the other side, so they won't say anything that could be construed as inflammatory. What needs to happen is the conservatives (and the GOP) better have the attitude Gene Hackman had in "Mississippi Burning": When told by his supervisor that the FBI could not be dragged down into the gutter to fight the Klan, Hackman's character said, "These guys climbed out of the sewer, so maybe the gutter is exactly where we oughtta be!" That's what we face, back alley brawlers and we had better drop the Marquis of Queensbury rules or we are gonna get our butts kicked every time out of the gate.